The DO reportedly found that the festival broke the law by “discouraging a certain group from attending the event.” The DO press officer Class Lundstedt reportedly stated, “These [infringements relate to] statements made before the festival, that they wrote on their website. Still, we haven’t been able to prove that someone would have been discriminated against in connection with the implementation or that someone would have been rejected.”

Lundstedt added, “Clearly, we believe that sexual abuse, especially at festivals, is a serious problem. So we are looking forward to trying to correct this.... However, it shouldn’t happen in a way that violates the law, which their statements in the media and their website [did],” according to The Guardian.

No penalties will be imposed on Statement Fest, according to the report. Statement responded on its social media accounts: “It’s sad that what 5,000 women, non-binaries, and transgender [people] experienced as a life-changing festival made a few cis men lose it completely. The success of the Statement Festival shows that is exactly what we need and the DO’s verdict doesn’t change this fact. Otherwise, we have no comments. We are busy changing the world,” according to The Guardian’s translation.